Talk:Disk

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Is that the correct definition of a geometrical disk? AARI a disk is a two dimetional region bounded by a circle. What you appear to have described is a cylinder. -- Daran 21:38, 27 Sep 2003 (UTC)

A disk can have width, in this case -- I am referring to a "representative disk" which has a width approaching 0. LirQ

A quick Google search shows that we're both right. There are two incompatible usages. -- Daran 23:11, 27 Sep 2003 (UTC)

I think the basic idea is that a disk is, essentially, very thin -- ive tried to indicate that in the text. LirQ


 * Hmm, I came to read this article in the hopes that it would help to clarify why there are two different spellings (disc and disk). Instead I think it left me more confused. I believe the dictionary-style approach (with "1" and "2" preceding two of the usages) is partly to blame; it makes more sense to me to start with "A disk or disc can refer to one of the following...", explaining all the various things that a disk/disc can be, and then devote a paragraph to explaining the divergent spellings in different contexts. So, without further ado, I think I will be bold. -- Wapcaplet 16:59, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I always thought that it was disk because it is a shorthand of diskette, a smaller version of a disc.

Was the term diskette coined for pronounciation purposes; meaning that the S sound would occur if C was in the position of K since diskette would mean a smaller verion of the disc? --SuperDude 01:09, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

If a disk is magnetic media, and a disc is optical, then what is a magneto-optical storage medium called???

Q: Most of this discussion focuses on data storage. What about a grinding disk/disc? (Grinding disks/discs are used in construction.) Is it simply an American/British difference?

Vandalism-- in July 2005, 67.172.138.173 re-ambiguated disk and disc, switching all spellings and referring to Greek root "diskus" instead of Latin "discus" to confuse the matter. However, they left clues. "Whisc" is certainly no English word. I'm surprised the vandalism lasted for over 6 months. Dc3 16:44, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

disc or disk
Where should this section go? Does it belong here, since this is a dab page? Gflores Talk 20:02, 8 March 2006 (UTC)


 * This section was a copyright violation of the American Heritage Dictionary, and was removed on 16 March, 2006 to create a clean disambiguation page.  --Blainster 21:16, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Loss of information
A bold editor removed the definitional and etymological information from the page, assuming it is a good idea to create a "clean", single function disambiguation page. However, this action removed information found nowhere else in Wikipedia. Information destruction is not a good idea unless pointers are created to the information removed. Let's not remove content just to conform to a WP guideline. Unfortunately, it turns out that the etymological section was a copyvio, so it cannot be directly replaced, but some other useful information was also removed from the page. --Blainster 21:03, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

I found the etymological info again, on its own page called 'Spelling of disk'. I linked it, but as Blainster points out, this is still a copyright violation, so I reverted my own edit. Can you tell I'm a newbie?Dc3 05:58, 22 November 2006 (UTC)